Exhaustion, depression and hopelessness in cardiac patients: A unidimensional hierarchy of symptoms revealed by Mokken scaling

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-31

  Doyle, Frank ^a   Kowalczyk, Aleksandra ^b   McGee, Hannah ^a   Conroy, Ronán M ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Depression; Fatigue; Item response theory; Mokken scaling

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOKKEN SCALING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 81555209743     PISSN: 07909667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0790966700011939     Document Type: Article

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